Shelfmark
Sa2.5.20(08)
Author
Title
The art of politicks, in imitation of Horace's art of poetry.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for Lawton Gilliver, at Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, MDCCXXIX [1729].
Physical description
47, [1]p ; 19cm. (8vo.)
Note
Anonymous. By James Bramston.
Note
Variant; comma follows "St" instead of period. This copy is not the variant.
Note
Bound with nine other items.
Note
Previously: GUT.B.2.1(8).
Note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Note
Slip from Pickering & Chatto, London, with "Eton. Very rare" in pencil.
Note
Letter on Pickering & Chatto headed paper inside back cover, dated May 21st 1900, stating this is a rare Eton tract, bound with other quaint material.
Note
With an oval engraving on the titlepage surrounded by a plain frame, ten books advertised on p. [48] and a single rule above the imprint.
Note
Verse.
Citation/references note
Foxon, B385; ESTC N69516
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Gale Group, 2002. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 364. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 12727, no. 06).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
Stamp of Manley Sims, Eton Collection.
Provenance
Letter inside back cover stating this was the Duke of Cambridge's copy.
Binding
19th? century half brown calf; blue and brown marbled paper covered boards; spine title: "Art of poetry Gymnasiad wanderer &c".
Subject
Subject
Political science Poetry.
Subject
Verse satire English 18th century.
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government Poetry 1727-1760.
Added entry--name
Gilliver, Lawton bookseller.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B25998